Great news! Just in time for Earth Day, the Leeward CC community now has access to the National Geographic Magazine Archive (1888-2020). A longtime fixture in homes, schools, and libraries, this iconic magazine offers insightful articles and gorgeous photography in the areas of geography, science, history, anthropology, and much more.
Our access on the GALE platform includes full digital reproductions of more than 1,500 issues dating back to the very first one published in October 1888. Select any issue to read from cover to cover, or search for keywords within the issue.
You may also search across all issues, with options to filter by date, content type, and more. Searching for articles on Hawaii from the early 1900s unearths "Hawaii, Then and Now: Boyhood Recollections and Recent Observations by an American Whose Grandfather Came to the Islands 102 Years Ago" (October 1938) and a "map to explain how the golden plover is able to navigate to the Hawaiian Islands in the Mid-Pacific" (April 1911).
You can even search for advertisements. A full-page illustration from the February 1908 issue advertises "Winter sport in Hawaii," while the November 1935 issue includes a photograph of Waimea Canyon, enticing potential visitors to make the voyage "less than five days from Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Vancouver, B.C. on swift, new ships." The advertising copy also notes, "Fares, and living costs in Hawaii, are most moderate." It seems that things have changed quite a bit over the last 90 years!
Current Leeward CC faculty, staff, and students may access the National Geographic Magazine Archive (1888-2020) through our Primo library catalog or from our A-Z Databases list. If you are currently off campus, you may be prompted to log in with your UH credentials first.
